defense
Resistance to attack
Defense is protection against attack or harm.
A country maintains a national defense; a lawyer mounts a defense for a client; a basketball team plays defense to prevent scoring.
The word extends to justification: In her defense, she didn't know the rules.
Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies for avoiding uncomfortable feelings.
British spelling: defence.
Handheld defensive armor
- armorProtective combat covering
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- securityProtection from threat
shelter · refuge · sanctuary · barrier · cover · deflector · screen · buffer
Maintaining something's condition
- protectionGuarding against harm
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- biodiversityRange of life forms
safeguarding · guardianship · environmentalism · conservancy · wildlife · endangered · habitat · ecosystem
Vertical enclosing structure
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- rampartFortified defensive wall
bulwark · barricade · parapet · moat · battlement · stronghold · bastion · palisade
Organized land-based military
- navyMaritime military force
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
battalion · infantry · artillery · marines · airforce · missile · submarine · tank
Solid mass, or impede
- tackleGear or takedown
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
- goalkeeperNet-defending player
- markingIndicating with symbols
zone · man-to-man · press · rebound · offside · fullback · linebacker · cornerback
Refusal to accept reality
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- displacementRemoval from usual location
sublimation · reaction formation · suppression · intellectualization · avoidance · coping · mechanism · unconscious
shield
Handheld defensive armor
security · shelter · refuge · sanctuary · barrier · cover · deflector · screen · buffer · aegis
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- protectionGuarding against harm
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
biodiversity · safeguarding · guardianship · environmentalism · conservancy · wildlife · endangered · habitat · ecosystem
wall
Vertical enclosing structure
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
rampart · bulwark · barricade · parapet · moat · battlement · stronghold · bastion · palisade · redoubt
army
Organized land-based military
warfare · battalion · infantry · artillery · marines · airforce · missile · submarine · tank · carrier
block
Solid mass, or impede
- tackleGear or takedown
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
- goalkeeperNet-defending player
marking · zone · man-to-man · press · rebound · offside · fullback · linebacker · cornerback · sweeper
denial
Refusal to accept reality
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
displacement · sublimation · reaction formation · suppression · intellectualization · avoidance · coping · mechanism · unconscious · ego
attorney
Licensed legal representative
solicitor · alibi · plea · testimony · witness · cross-examination · acquittal · verdict · objection · appeal
- basketballbasketball, rebound, dunk, basketball camps, dribble
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- castle historymoat, drawbridge, keep, tower, battlements
- excusesexcuse, not my fault, overslept, alibi, excuses
- explanationswhy, how come, explication, what happened, definition
defenseoffense
Violation or umbrage
attack · offensive · aggression · assault · invasion
defenseoffense
Violation or umbrage
attack · scoring · attacking play · offence · offensive
defenseprosecution
Pursuing legal charges
plaintiff · indictment · accusation · accuser · charge
- defense contractorsMilitary weapons manufacturers
- defense policyStrategy for national protection
- defend yourselfGuard against threats personally
- thesis defenseOral examination of dissertation
- defense attorneyLawyer representing the accused
- defense lawyerAttorney for the accused
defend, defender, defensive, defenseless, defends, defence, defendant, defences, defenders